Publication details
Does early diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis matter? Real-world's data from the EMPIRE registry
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Year of publication | 2016 |
Type | Conference abstract |
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Description | AIMS: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a severe lung disease with mean survival of 2.5 years. Delay in diagnosis and treatment probably decreases a survival in IPF. Our study aims to investigate influence of time from the first symptoms to diagnosis on the survival. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that earlier diagnosis and treatment may increase survival in IPF. Early diagnosis and treatment does matter in prognosis of IPF patients and thus maximal effort should be generated to get the patients diagnosed and treated as early as possible. |